Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-25

receipts shall be delivered to the pur-
chaser or his agent. and the other trans
mitted to the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office.
Sec. 10. The Commissioner OF the Gen
eral Land Office shall adopt such reguls-
lions for the sale of the timber or timber
lands as may be deemed necessary and
| judicious; such regulations to be subject
TO the approval of the Governor. Such
timber shall not be sold for less than So
| per acre, cash, except in such cases
as the Commissioner may ascertain
| by definite examination Of q state
agent that any particular section
! is spsrsely timbeTed or contains
timber of but little value, in
which case he Shall be authorized to sell
| the timber on said section Ct tie best
price on the best terms practicable; pro-
vided that such timber is cold at not less
than 50 per acre; and in no case shall
| less than one section or timbered land be
| sold to any purchaser, except in cases OF
! fractional sections, which may be sold
under the provisions OF this act; pro-
vided, that the purchaser shall have three
years from the date of his purchase with
in which to remove the timber thereirOm,
anssin case of failure 50 TO do such tim
! er'shall De forfeited to the state without
! JUDICIAL entertainment.
! sSec. Il. The public lands, and all lands
| belonging TO the puoIiC schools, Asylums
or University funds, shall be leased by
! the Commissioner of ire General Land
! Office, in accordance with the provisions
of this act. Such lessess snail be- for
| term Of not more than i've years, and the
lessee shall pay an annual rental Of not
| less than + cents az acre for all pasture
lands leased, which rental snail be paid
eSCh year in advance, the first payment TO
! be made at the time the lease is executed,
and if at the termination OF the lease
such land is still subject to lease the
lessee CT lessees thereof, whose term Of
lease is expired, shall have the refusal Of
such land as ne has been leasing on the
terms and st the price tnat may be fixed
ther,fo by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office. All leases shall be
executed uader the hand and seal of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and shall be delivered TO the lessee or his
duly authorized agent, and such lease
shall not take effrc, until the first annual
rent is paid aud the lease is duly fled for
record in the county where the land lies
or to which il may be attached fer Judi
cial purposes, ard it shall net be neCes-
sary for the Commissioner to acknowledge
such lease before the same is Placed on
record
Sec. 10. Any person desiring 10 lease
any portion Of the public lands, or the
lands belonging u the several funds men
toned il tA.S sCt, shall make application
il writing 70 the Commissioner If the
General Land Office, specifying and de
ri, inn n no Iaf 4 70.
lease, aud taereupOn the Commissioners
satisfied tia. The lands applied for ere not
in immediate Gsuahd for the purposes of
ac.uGl settlement, and that such lands
can be leased without datriment TO the
pu lie interest, shall notify the applicant
in writing tlas his proposition to lease is
accepted, and theraUpon he shall execute
gnd deliver to the lessee, and IA the
name and by the authority Of the
state, lease OF said land for such
term as may be agreed upon, aud deliver
the same 10 such lessee when satisfied
tnHt the lessee has paid to the Treasurer
of the state the rent for one Vesr III ed
vance. No lands classified as grazing
lands under this act shall be subject to
sale during the existence Of such lessee,
ana the possession thereof by suCA lessee
shall not be disturbed during the term of
such lease, so long as the rents are paid
promptly in advance each year as re-
quired by this set. The lands classified
as agricultural lands, which may be
leased under this act, shall be leased SUB |
ject 20 sale as provided by this act, and /
whenever such leased lands are pur-
chased, the lessee shall give immediate |
possession to such purchaser; provided /
that the lessee shall have q pro rata |
credit upon his next years rent or
the money refunded to him by the Treas /
urer as he may elect; provided further |
that no such sale shall be permitted .
where such lessee shall have previously .
placed improvements CT the value OF 500 4.
upon such section Of land so sought TO be /
purchased, and provided, that no actual /
settler who shall purchase land within
any leasehold shall be permitted to
turn loose more than one head of
cattle or horses for every ten
acres Of land purchased by him
and uninclosed, or, in lieu thereof,
four head Of sheep or goats to every ten
acres Of land so purchased and uDinclosed.
Each violation Of the provisions Ct this
act, which restricts the numoer Of stock
which may be turned loose On lands
leased from the state shall be en- Offense,
aud the offender on conviction shall be
punished by fine of not less than 81 for
each head of stock he may SO turn loose,
and each thirty days violation of the
provisions of this act shall constitute s
separate offense. Provided, that wnen-
ever 8 town snail be located and es-
tablished upon any lands sold under
this or any former act, the purchaser
thereof by bis vepdee shall be per-
mitted TO pay the entire balance of prin-
Cipsl and interest due the state upon
such land, and obtain @ pa ent therefor
at any time; but no such payment shall be
permitted or patent issue until such
purchaser or owner Of such land shall
file in the General Land Office 8 certified
plat of such town made by the proper
surveyor of the county, which shall be
accompanied by the affidavit OF the own
er of said land, corroborsted by the
affidavit of Eve DISTINGUISHED and Credita-
Bile citizens of the county, to the effect
that town, giving It's name, has been
located and established upon the land,
and there has been erected thereon,
md being occupied by bona fde citi-
zens, twenty business and residence
aouses or both.
Sec. 16. All lessees shall pay the annual
rents due for leased lands directly to the
Treasurer of the state, who shall execute
receipts in duplicate for each payment ,
made by any lessee, one of which receipts
shall be delivered to the lessee and the
other transmitted to the Commissioner of ,
,he General Land Office. The Treasurer ;
shall csuse to be kept an accurate &C :
count with each lessee, and the Commits :
,iOnpr of the General Land Office shall